Confessions and transgressions: ethics and life writing.(An Ethics of Life Writing book review)(Vulnerable Subjects Ethics and Life Writing book review)(Book review) From: The Hastings Center Report | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Montello, Martha | COPYRIGHT 2006 Hastings Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

An Ethics of Life Writing. Ed. Paul John Eakin. Cornell University Press, 2004. 228 pages. $18.95. Paperback.

Vulnerable Subjects" Ethics and Life Writing. By G. Thomas Couser. Cornell University Press, 2004. 234 pages. $18.95. Paperback.

Autobiographies have become so pervasive in bookstores that critics and reviewers tell us we live in an age of memoir. We are entranced by confession, drawn to the revelations and disclosures embedded in personal narratives. ...

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